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Laymen’s  Missionary  Movement 
United  States  and  Canada 
1  Madison  Avenue 
New  York 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 

James  M.  Speers,  Chairman 
Lt.-Col.  E.  W.  Halford,  Vice-Chairman 
Eben  E.  Olcott,  Treasurer 


William  F.  Cochran 
N.  F.  Davidson  (K.C. 
Harry  Wade  Hicks 
Frank  A.  Horne 
George  Innes 
J.  Edgar  Leaycraft 
Joshua  Levering 
Alfred  E.  Marling 
Silas  McBee 
John  R.  Mott 

S.  W. 


John  R.  Pepper 
)  N.  W.  Rowell  (K.C.) 
Charles  A.  Rowland 
Wm.  J.  Schieffelin 
Joseph  N.  Shenstone 
S.  R.  Smith 
Robert  E.  Speer 
W.  C.  Stoever 
E.  B.  Sturges 
Samuel  Thorne,  Jr. 
Woodward 


SECRETARIES 

J.  Campbell  White,  General  Secretary 
William  B.  Millar,  General  Secretary 
W.  E.  Doughty,  Educational  Secretary 
Frank  W.  Harold,  Special  Secretary 
H.  K.  Caskey,  Secretary  in  Canada 
F.  J.  Michel,  Field  Secretary 

19  South  La  Salle  Street.  Chicago,  Ill. 

D.  Clay  Lilly,  Field  Secretary 

1026  Seventeenth  Ave.,  South,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

E.  L.  McCreery,  Field  Secretary 
Room  1211,  First  Nat’l  Bank  Bldg..  Pittsburgh,  Pa 

C.  C.  Merrill,  Field  Secretary 

14  Beacon  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

H.  F .  Laflamme,  Secretary  for  Western  New  York 
Central  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Frank  B.  Bachelor,  Sec’y  for  Michigan  and  N.W.  Ohio 
321  E.  Ann  Street,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Wilbur  L.  Clapp,  Secretary  for  Iowa, 
Waterloo,  Iowa 


Rational  JHts&tonarp 
Campaign 

1915-1916 


Convention  Manual 


Laymen’s  Missionary  Movement 
1  Madison  Avenue 
New  York 


Rational  iHis&umarp 
Campaign 


FOREWORD 

The  Laymen’s  Missionary  Movement 
with  the  hearty  co-operation  of  the  Mis¬ 
sion  Boards  is  organizing  a  National 
Missionary  Campaign  for  the  season  of 
1915-16.  Conventions  will  be  held  in 
nearly  all  the  leading  cities  of  the  United 
States,  beginning  in  October,  1915,  and 
closing  with  a  National  Missionary  Con¬ 
gress  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  April  26-30, 
1916. 

On  the  following  pages  will  be  found 
some  suggestions  for  local  committees 
as  to  the  best  methods  of  organizing 
these  conventions.  These  suggestions 
are  based  upon  the  years  of  experience 
of  the  Laymen’s  Movement  in  this  work 
and  should  be  studied  and  followed 
carefully. 


PREPARATION 
FOR  CONVENTIONS 


Organization  of  Convention  Committee 

The  Convention  Committee  should  be 
composed  of  from  fifty  to  one  hundred 
men  and  should  always  include  the  chair¬ 
man  or  other  representative  of  the 
missionary  committee  of  each  com¬ 
munion  in  the  convention  area. 

The  Committee  should  be  made  up  of 
as  many  as  possible  of  the  outstanding 
leaders  of  the  city. 

The  Convention  Committee,  which 
should  be  composed  of  both  clergymen 
and  laymen,  has  two  main  functions : 

1.  To  prepare  for  the  convention. 

2.  To  conserve  and  extend  the  in¬ 
fluence  of  the  convention.  The  organ¬ 
ization  needed  for  this  work  is  a  Con¬ 
servation  and  Extension  Committee. 

The  Executive  Committee  mentioned 
on  the  next  page,  together  with  the  chair¬ 
man  or  other  representative  of  the 
District  Missionary  Committee  of  each 


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communion  and  selected  men  who  have 
become  interested  during  the  convention 
should  constitute  the  Conservation  and 
Extension  Committee.  The  committee 
should  secure  a  supply  of  the  pamphlet 
entitled,  “  Conservation  and  Extension,” 
as  early  as  possible  in  the  campaign, 
study  it  with  care  and  plan  their  con¬ 
servation  program  in  the  convention 
area. 

The  Convention  Committee  should 
select  the  following : 

Chairman,  Vice-Chairman,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer  of  the  Convention  Com¬ 
mittee,  and  the  chairmen  of  the  following 
sub-committees : 

1 .  Finance. 

2.  Publicity. 

3.  Statistics  and  Survey. 

4.  Deputation,  Registration  and 
Literature. 

5.  Arrangements. 

6.  Prayer. 

The  other  members  of  the  sub¬ 
committees  should  be  appointed  by  the 
Executive  Committee  as  early  as  possible, 
and  should  be  promptly  notified  of  their 
appointment. 


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DUTIES  OF  COMMITTEES. 


I.  The  Executive  Committee 

The  officers  and  the  chairmen  of  the 
sub-committees  should  be  the  Executive 
Committee.  Others  may  be  added  if 
deemed  desirable. 

The  Committee  will  have  the  imme¬ 
diate  oversight  of  the  plans  for  the 
convention  and  should  make  sure  that 
the  different  sub-committees  do  the  work 
assigned  them. 

II.  The  Committee  on  Finance 

1.  To  draw  up  a  budget  and  submit 
it  to  the  Executive  Committee  for  ap¬ 
proval.  The  budget  should  be  adequate 
to  cover  all  needed  expenses  of  the 
organization  of  the  convention  and  the 
work  of  conservation. 

2.  To  secure  subscriptions  for  a 
Guarantee  Fund.  In  most  cities  the 
larger  part  of  the  expenses  will  be 
covered  by  the  registration  fees  of  the 
delegates  to  the  convention,  but  to  pro¬ 
vide  against  contingencies  subscriptions 
for  a  Guarantee  Fund  of  about  one-half 
of  the  amount  of  the  budget  should  be 
secured  to  be  drawn  upon  only  in  case  of 
necessity. 

It  is  a  fatal  mistake  to  assess  the 
various  churches  or  communions  to 
secure  this  fund.  The  best  way  to  raise 


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it  is  in  substantial  amounts  from  a  few 
individuals,  irrespective  of  their  de¬ 
nominations. 

3.  To  receive  and  pay  out  all  funds. 

4.  All  bills  to  receive  the  O.  K.  of 
the  Chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee 
before  payment  by  the  Treasurer. 

III.  The  Committee  on  Publicity 

1.  To  prepare  information  about  the 
campaign  for  all  the  papers  within  the 
convention  territory.  Helpful  material 
may  be  secured  by  applying  to  the  Lay¬ 
men’s  Missionary  Movement,  1  Madison 
Avenue,  New  York. 

News  items  for  the  church  press 
should  be  prepared  and  forwarded  by 
men  of  each  communion  as  far  as 
possible. 

2.  To  secure  and  use  in  the  local 
newspapers,  photographs,  biographical 
sketches  and  outlines  of  addresses  of  all 
convention  speakers,  and  as  much  other 
missionary  news  as  possible.  Arrange 
for  a  series  of  signed  articles  by  local 
men,  on  different  aspects  of  the  cam¬ 
paign,  and  of  the  missionary  problem. 
The  papers  will  use  large  quantities  of 
newsy  material  if  it  is  provided  for  them. 

3.  To  prepare  programs,  folders, 
posters  and  any  other  printed  matter 
needed. 


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IV.  The  Committee  on  Statistics  and  Survey 

1.  To  be  composed  of  one  repre¬ 
sentative  from  each  of  the  leading  com¬ 
munions  in  the  convention  territory. 

2.  To  secure  and  print,  prior  to  the 
opening  of  the  convention,  comparative 
statistics  for  the  convention  city,  as  in¬ 
dicated  on  the  next  page.  These  should 
be  for  the  years  1 904  and  1914  and 
should  be  taken  from  the  published  re¬ 
ports  of  each  denomination,  giving  the 
statistics  for  these  years.  A  sufficient 
quantity  of  these  statistics  should  be 
printed  so  that  everyone  who  attends 
the  convention  may  have  a  copy  of  the 
same.  Sample  statistical  blanks  may  be 
obtained  from  the  Executive  Secretary 
of  the  convention  or  the  Laymen’s  Mis¬ 
sionary  Movement. 

Other  cities  and  towns  in  the  con¬ 
vention  territory  should  be  urged  to  pre¬ 
pare  local  statistics  for  their  own  use. 

3.  To  make  a  careful  survey  of  the 
immigration  situation  in  the  convention 
city ;  the  number  and  nationality  of 
foreign-speaking  people  in  the  city,  to¬ 
gether  with  the  number  and  character 
of  the  agencies  at  work  among  them, 
and  the  approximate  number  not  reached 
by  these  agencies.  In  cities  where  this 
problem  is  not  a  serious  one,  a  survey  of 
other  local  conditions  should  be  sub¬ 
stituted. 


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COMMUNION 

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4* 

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per  member  to 

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5  Benevolences 

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NATIONAL  CAMPAIGN  LAYMEN’S  MISSIONARY  MOVEMENT— (Place  and  date  of  Convention ) 


V.  The  Committee  on  Deputation,  Registra¬ 
tion  and  Literature. 

While  the  attendance  of  the  pastors 
and  church  officers  should  be  especially 
sought,  yet  a  most  urgent  invitation 
should  be  given  to  all  men  of  the  church 
and  congregation  to  register  and  attend 
the  sessions  of  the  convention. 

1 .  Devise  ways  and  means  for  se¬ 
curing  delegates  to  the  convention  from 
every  congregation  in  the  convention 
territory — especially  the  pastors,  church 
officers  and  Missionary  Committee 
members. 

2.  Make  a  list  of  all  the  congregations 
in  the  territory  and  secure  a  committee 
in  each  congregation  to  take  charge  of 
registration  therein. 

3.  Enlist  speakers  who  will  co-operate 
in  visiting  the  congregations  in  the  con¬ 
vention  area,  to  arouse  interest  in  the 
convention  and  to  secure  delegates. 

4.  Each  congregation  that  has  not 
already  done  so  should  be  led  to  appoint 
a  Missionary  Committee,  in  advance  of 
the  convention, 

(a)  To  assist  in  securing  delegates 
to  the  convention. 

(b)  To  attend  the  convention  for 
inspiration  and  to  prepare  for  the 
follow-up  work. 


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5.  The  committee  should  work  not 
only  through  congregations,  but  also 
through  the  Bible  Classes,  Brotherhoods, 
Young  Men’s  Christian  Associations, 
and  other  organizations,  to  secure  the 
largest  representation  possible  at  the  con¬ 
vention.  This  should  be  done  as  far  as 
may  be  by  personal  visitation  rather  than 
by  correspondence. 

6.  A  registration  blank  (see  page  1 2), 
should  be  printed  and  filled  out  for  each 
delegate  and  carefully  filed.  A  list  of 
the  delegates  from  each  communion 
should  be  sent  to  the  correspondent 
mentioned  on  the  third  page  of  the 
cover  of  this  pamphlet,  or  to  their  mission 
board,  as  each  communion  may  decide. 

7.  A  delegate’s  card  should  be  given 
to  each  delegate  upon  payment  of  the 
registration  fee.  (Seepage  12). 

8.  To  arrange  the  exhibit  of  literature 
which  will  be  provided  at  each  con¬ 
vention. 

9.  To  attend  to  the  distribution  of 
any  free  literature. 

10.  To  stimulate  the  sale  of  the 
pamphlets  and  books  recommended  at 
the  convention  in  order  that  the  results 
of  the  convention  may  thus  be  made 
more  permanent. 


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The  Committee  should  print  the  fol¬ 
lowing  registration  blank  on  white  card¬ 
board  3x5  inches  in  size.  The  printing 
should  be  the  long  way  of  the  card. 

LAYMEN’S  MISSIONARY  MOVEMENT  CONVENTION 

(Name  of  City  and  Date  of  Convention) 

Name . 

Street  Address . 

City . State . 

Church . 

Official  position . 

Remarks . 


DELEGATE’S  CARD 

This  card  will  admit 

Mr . 

to  all  sessions  of  the 

Missionary  Convention 

to  be  held  in  (name  of  city) . 

on  (date) . 191.. 

Registration  fee  $.  .  .,  received,  (date).  . 

191.. 

(Signed) . 

Chairman  Registration  Committee 


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VI.  The  Committee  on  Arrangements. 

1.  To  secure  the  place  where  the 
convention  is  to  be  held,  and  to  make 
all  other  necessary  local  arrangements 
for  the  convenience  and  effectiveness  of 
the  convention. 

The  sessions  of  the  convention  should 
all  be  held  at  the  same  place  if  practic¬ 
able  so  as  to  make  possible  an  effective 
exhibit  of  literature  and  to  avoid  all  con¬ 
fusion  as  to  the  place  of  each  session. 

2.  To  furnish  pianist  or  organist, 
ushers,  etc.,  at  all  sessions. 

3.  To  arrange  for  the  convention 
supper. 

Experience  has  shown  that  this  feature 
of  the  convention  adds  greatly  to  its 
effectiveness  and  power,  and  should  be 
held,  unless  local  conditions  make  it  ab¬ 
solutely  necessary  to  omit  it.  An  in¬ 
expensive  supper  served  by  the  ladies  of 
the  churches  is  most  satisfactory.  Where 
the  convention  opens  on  Sunday  the 
supper  should  be  held  on  the  closing 
evening.  It  should  be  served  as  early  as 
the  men  can  be  assembled  —  not  later  than 
six-thirty — and  with  the  greatest  possible 
promptness,  so  as  to  leave  the  evening 
free  for  the  speaking  part  of  the  program. 

It  is  very  important  that  there  be  no 
noise  of  dishwashing  to  interfere  with 
the  after-supper  speaking.  Some  other- 


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wise  good  meetings  have  been  spoiled 
by  such  disturbances. 

4.  Provide  entertainment  for  all  pas¬ 
tors  in  the  convention  area  outside  of 
the  convention  city.  It  is  suggested  that 
each  communion  entertain  its  own  min¬ 
isters,  and  that  the  co-operation  of 
denominational  district  missionary  com¬ 
mittees  be  sought  in  securing  the  attend¬ 
ance  of  ministers  and  providing  for  their 
entertainment. 

VII.  The  Committee  on  Prayer. 

The  success  of  the  convention  in  its 
spiritual  results  will  depend  largely  upon 
the  work  of  this  committee. 

The  prayer  spirit  should  be  cultivated 
from  the  very  beginning  of  the  conven¬ 
tion  planning. 

The  mid-week  meetings  in  the  various 
churches  should  be  utilized,  with  special 
topics  relating  to  the  convention  and 
the  missionary  enterprise. 

Group  meetings  for  prayer  in  homes 
in  different  sections  of  the  city  should 
be  arranged. 

An  appeal  for  prayer  for  the  conven¬ 
tion  should  be  sent  to  individuals. 

Stated  meetings  of  the  committee 
should  be  called  for  prayer. 


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Every  committee  meeting  should  in¬ 
clude  a  season  of  prayer  and  the  entire 
work  should  be  planned  and  carried 
forward  in  that  spirit. 


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CORRESPONDENCE 


General  correspondence  concerning  the 
campaign  should  be  addressed  to  the  Lay¬ 
men’s  Missionary  Movement,  1  Madison 
Ave.,  New  York.  Correspondence  regarding 
denominational  plans  should  be  addressed 
to  the  following  representatives  of  the  re¬ 
spective  communions. 

American  Friends: 

C.  E.  Tebbetts,  Richmond,  Ind. 

Associate  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church : 

J.  G.  Dale,  Chester,  S.  C. 

Baptist  Convention  (Northern)  : 

John  M.  Moore,  23  E.  26th  St.,  N.  Y. 

Baptist  Convention  (Southern)  : 

J.  T.  Henderson,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Christian  Church: 

M.  T.  Morrill,  C.  P.  A.  Building,  Dayton,  Ohio. 
Congregational  Church : 

R.  L.  Breed,  287  Fourth  Ave.,  N.  Y. 

Disciples  of  Christ : 

Stephen  J.  Corey,  Box  884,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Evangelical  Synod  of  North  America: 

W.  P.  Krauss,  Baltimore  &  Ed'en  Sts.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Lutheran  Church,  General  Council: 

C.  L.  Fry,  80S  Drexel  Building,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Lutheran  Church,  General  Synod : 

L.  B.  Wolf,  21  West  Saratoga  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Lutheran  Church,  United  Synod : 

E.  C.  Cronk,  Columbia,  S.  C. 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church : 

Fred  B.  Fisher,  150  Fifth  Ave.,  N.  Y. 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South: 

C.  F.  Reid,  810  Broadway,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Methodist  Protestant  Church : 

Fred.  C.  Klein,  316  N.  Charles  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.S.A. : 

David  McConaughy,  156  Fifth  Ave.,  N.  Y. 

Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States: 

Charles  A.  Rowland,  Athens,  Ga. 

Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  U.S.A. : 

John  W.  Wood,  281  Fourth  Ave.,  N.  Y. 

Reformed  Church  in  America: 

H.  A.  Kinports,  25  E.  22d  St.,  N.  Y. 

Reformed  Church  in  the  United  States : 

Wm.  E.  Lampe,  15th  &  Race  Sts.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

United  Brethren  in  Christ : 

J.  S.  Kendall,  607  U.  B.  Building,  Dayton,  Ohio. 

United  Presbyterian  Church  of  North  America: 

Neal  D.  McClanahan,  200  N.  15th  St.,  Phila.,  Pa. 


